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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
My question might sound stupid, but I need to know if restoring a backup made with a phone on another phone will overwrite the destination IMEI?? :confused:

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
[MENTION=4934301]sonnyxperia[/MENTION] did you click on the root button? need root shell for restore IMEI to work

[MENTION=4296894]Cr4z33[/MENTION] it's not uncommon to lose your IMEI when flashing, shouldn't be a major problem replacing it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sonnyxperia:
yes i click the root button, and my phone is root with supersu, i grant permission to adb,
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
What I meant was will the new phone receive the IMEI of the old one?

'cause I don't want to. :p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Not sure why that hasn't worked then, a couple of other methods to try here.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677955

[MENTION=4296894]Cr4z33[/MENTION] I've never heard of the IMEI being transferred like that
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sonnyxperia:
i already try all of the method in that thread but nothing fix my imei, maybe my mt6589 is not supported by mtktools,

my phone specsis ,4gb of rom, 1gb of ram, android 4.2.1

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my phone is detected by mtk tool, but when i click the imei, i got this error on the right blank screen of the mtktools ...error : pttycmd1 device not found
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lopestom:
Hello sonnyxperia,

I helped a friend with the solution posted below. Can also put the file secro.img other devices similar or identical. Better still is secro.img backup of your phone.

There are some ways to put this file: adb or SPFT. Find the address (Scatter x size) of the block secro.img and all will be well.

You can also ask pitone02 for help if necessary.

SOLUTION =>>>>
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sonnyxperia:
the problem is dont have a back , and im using back up file of other phne with the same model and brand,
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sonnyxperia:
i think the problem is missing pttycmd1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farzad23:
hi all

i did all and install cwm and use phone awhile but today try to get shell root and push the root but got this error

"ERROR during copying file between phone and PC "

any help please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Have you searched for it with a file explorer? on my phone (mt6577) its in Dev/Radio/pttycmd1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cire27rn:
hmm

yeah! it worked for me! :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-minik:
just to say a big THANTS for your awesome work rua1.

2.4.8 works flawlessly with MT6589 Acer V370

can we expect an update to make build newer than 5.0.x.x recovery ?

is there a way to build another templcwm file ?

perhaps you could change permission on file /system/etc/install-recovery.sh or /system/recovery-from-boot.p instead of deleting it ?

unless these two points, for me it's an awesome tool you made !

best regards
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zetex:
please help need to find test point on a samsung galaxy s4 clone

hi,

please can someone help me identify where the test points are on my phone, please see pictures below...hope they are ok...

basically i have a phone that when i got it a made a full backup of the rom via mtk droid...

since then i have been messing with it and stupidly loaded 3d chainfire on the phone and since then it will not but into the OS. it just get stuck on the boot animation. i have to remove the battery to turn it off....

when i connect it to my my pc its not recognised only the SD card is found....

i have tried putting the rom i backed up and putting it on the sd card and trying to install it from the e3 recovery program but once you select install from sd card it aborts installation after about 30 secs....

im not sure what to do once i have the test points but im hoping this will kick it into life so i can flash the rom using sp flash tool

any advise would be very welcome i have been trying to get this working for 3 weeks, and i feel this is the last chance....

many thanks

Z
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] OpenMinded:
+1 for CWM 6.x preferably with touch support :).

I am trying to compile one for my star n9599 but I have failed until now.

It would also be great if all those tools were ported to Linux, then would rid us of XP which I had to reinstall because SP flash tool kept complaining a file could not be written.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hi [MENTION=220766]zetex[/MENTION] I'm a bit of a noob but will try to help if I can.

I guess your phone is rooted or you wouldn't be able to backup with droid tools, but you don't have a custom recovery? you can only install

signed

zip files from the stock recovery.

Do you have the

mediatek usb vcom

drivers installed on your pc? (necessary for SP Flashtool). When you connect your switched off phone (with battery removed or inserted, try both) to your pc, do you see or hear any activity in device manager? if a connection is made and you have the drivers installed you should see 'USB Preloader Vcom port' pop up under the ports section in device manager, but it will only appear for a few seconds, if that is visible then it should be possible to flash your back up without messing about with test points.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] C3C076:
Hi [MENTION=5119815]rua1[/MENTION] and thanks for such a great support for MTK devices.

I am not sure if this has already been discussed but I was thinking about increasing the size of recovery partition.

Do you think it would be a good approach to hex edit PMT region to take 1MB from bootimg region and add it to recovery region?

Or is there anything else that needs to be done? Is it even possible? (MTK6589)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zetex:
Hi mate

Thanks alot for the reply

I got the back up rom from a working phone that is exactly the same as the broken one. Bought at the same time from the same supplier, ones white and ones black.

I will check to see if I have the drivers installed tonight when I get home from work.

When I connect the black working phone I get the count down before instructing to connect the USB lead in sp flash tool. When I connect the white faulty one I get nothing USB port fail message.

I will double check tonight.

Once I have created the rom in mtk droid can I flash the phone from that program to if I can get it to be recognised in the program.

I still think I will need to find the test points to for the flash though

I will report back later

Thanks alot

Z

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I'm just wondering can I sign my backup up r to flash on my faulty phone.

Put it on an sd card and flash it

Will having it signed do that for me!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pitone02:
i think you can solve your problem flashing only sec.ro bin image directly with spflashtool as suggested few post above.

in my experience, the problem is genereted by wrong flash of recovery image by mobileuncle tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gothaj:
THL W8+ 16GB bricked

Hello everyone..

I got an issue to solve with the THL W8+ (16GB).

I went through a different forum, but there we went out of ideas, so let´s challenge the XDA´s.

The problem started with trying to flash to custom CWMR to the phone. The first problems were with the SP Flash tool as the build ThL_W8.JB2.FHD.EN.COM.8P128_MT6589V1.0.7_20130625 didn´t work good with the version of the SPFT. There were error messages number 8038. So the newest version of SPFT was downloaded. But there we did got an error message number 1022 S_UNSUPPORTED_VER_OF_DA. In both cases we tried to flash through the Download button. So after we tried to flash it via Write memory. It was done.. a Green circle telling that it went ok. But the phone didn´t start at all. So now it is bricked.

I was adviced to flash the preloader as it might be corrupt and I was sent a img by a guy on the forum and tried it again via Write memory. Again it went ok to a green circle in SPFT. (it didn´t help.. still bricked)

Then I chose a stock ROM ThL_W8.JB2.FHD.EN.COM.8P128_MT6589V1.0.5_20130517-flashtool. When trying to do the procerude via the download button an error came out S_F_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032). So I tried to make it step by step via the Write to memory function. I succesfuly flashed PRELOADER, UBOOT, BOOTIMG and RECOVERY from the Stock ROM. When I came to the ANDROID it started to upload and it stopped at 2% with an error BROM ERROR: S_DA_SDMMC_READ_FAILED (3148).

The same error came when I tried to flash CACHE.. there it stopped at 83%...

Does anybody have any solution???

and can anybody provide me the complete stock ROM ThL_W8.JB2.FHD.EN.COM.8P128_MT6589V1.0.6_20130606 to use in SP Flash Tools with a scatter file?

Or the one that came with this phone...

Thank you very much for any advices and for any help
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hi, [MENTION=2272384]gothaj[/MENTION] if you take a look here..... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43833591 post #189 [MENTION=5360476]Gootvilig[/MENTION] seems to have the same firmware I'm sure if you ask him nicely he'd provide a link for you :) you can make a scatter file from the rom with mtkdroid tools, see the beginning of this thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gothaj:
Thank you oscarblue.

I found something on the NeedRom web page..

I downloaded the full ROM and performed a Firmware upgrade in SP Flash Tool..

It worked!!!!! The phone is not a brick anymore!

I was sucessful with the GravityMod 2 also..!! (from the same page)

Unfortunately didn´t solve the thing, that I can´t reach 3G on the phone. And it should work, because I have 2 phones now at home.. one is with 3G without problem and one gets only 2G.

But thanks a lot for the link!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Hi [MENTION=220766]zetex[/MENTION] no you can't flash your device with Mtkdroid tool, but you can use it to prepare your files for SP Flashtool, and as far as I know you cannot sign the zip file and make it flashable with stock recovery, I think you probably have a driver problem, and also need the latest SP Flashtool and usb vcom drivers installing on your pc,
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zetex:
Hi

Do you know which are the latest versions?

Thanks alot

Z
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
First of all you need a program called USB Deview, download link is towards the bottom of this page...

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

open usbdeview by right clicking on the icon and clicking on run as administrator, there you will see all the usb ports listed, so I would suggest you uninstall any port you see that is to do with mediatek, just right click on a port and click uninstall, once you have done that restart your pc

Download SPflashtool here.... sp flashtool v 3.1304 .rar

Download Usb Vcom drivers here.... Usb_Vcom_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00.rar

Installing the usb drivers can be tricky, as it doesn't always work first time, but if you double click on the .bat file that should automatically install the drivers on your pc, however you still may have to manually update the driver in device manager.

Do this by opening device manager and click to open the ports(com & lpt) section, then connect your switched off phone, with battery removed, keeping an eye on device manager you should see something like ' mt65xx port' appear, now this is the tricky part, its only visible for a couple of seconds then it dissappears again, while it is visible you need to double click on it and then click on update driver, if you miss it, just disconnect phone and then try again. Once you have clicked on update driver navigate to the folder where the downloaded drivers are and instal preloader usb vcom driver, I''ve run out of time this morning and will be away from pc now until tonight.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] januszzbych:
Hi, i made backup but can me some one explain to me why I missing three files recovery, cache, userdata ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
I'm guessing its because you used the read back feature of SP Flashtool as in the tut for root at the start of this thread, during the readback operation the non modified recovery block should have been copied to your backup folder as well as a modified copy with cwm, neither of which are loaded automatically by the scatter file, you have to choose which one to load, which is why you don't see it, but both files should be there in you backup file from read back, userdata and cache are not included as they are not required for the purpose of rooting.

If you want to make a full backup of your firmware, just connect to mtk droid tool, click on root to achieve shell root, then click on tab 'root backup and recovery' tick userdata and cache if you wish to backup those too, then click on backup, easy peasy:p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] januszzbych:
ok, thx, i will try, i tried prepare my custom rom to sp flash tool that why i was asking where is those files and yes at backup folder i have two files with recovery:

factory_NONmodified_recovery - this i think is same like original

GT-I9500_130615__recovery_130731-174926 and this one is modified yes ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Is there any reason why MTK Droid doesn't want to create some random files like system.img, cache.img, etc. although I have the \system folder backed up and I select 'Backup userdata and cache' before going to click on 'To prepare blocks for Flash Tool'? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] raveesh84:
good thread
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] raveesh84:
made CWM for my XOLO B700..thanks a lot
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vickygreat18:
connectecd device

successfully connected in debugging mode

not rooted with root button

so clicked on

block maps button

but there is nothing screenshot attached

help me in rooting lava iris 401e
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] raveesh84:
Its not the MTK Device my friend..

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Hope this one will help

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2165554
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Guys what do you tell me about it?

Inviato dal mio Samsung Galaxy Note con Tapatalk 2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eagledipesh:
Its all .IMG files, has scattered XML file also.

http://www.d-h.st/GYE

Thanks for your help :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] guapon:
mtk6589??

does it work in mtk 6589?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rua1:
I have no 6589 device and the help from having such devices is necessary for me.

eagledipesh has, but still didn't answer my question
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bulukaki:
master rua1 sorry for asking where the SPFT log file is haha... I found them and zip them up in here .....thank you for your help!

edit1: tried to go through stock system recovery (e3) and tried to "reload" the whole system by using the full phone content backup (file name is backup.ab, about 800mb) made using the command adb backup -f ......it doesn't work... now when I go to recovery, there are only 2 options: reboot system now, apply sdcard:update.zip. even after I removed sdcard, there are the only 2 options available. the apply update from cache is gone, factory reset is gone, backup and restore user data is also gone.

then on the bottom there is E:bad boot message "sdota"...... Please continue to update your system! ....I read through google that this happen to someone who got a fake samsung? but I don't have a samsung, although this phone does physically look like a a samsung..... I guess now it makes me another victim? haha...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scmsystm:
Hello TS, it possible modify backed up files? then build complete rom for Flash Tools (To prepare blocks with Flash Tool)?

for example, there's *.ext4.img and *.tar on backup folder, wich file to modify?.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tsitadim:
Well, I tried to install Lenovo A60+ adb drivers to see bad blocks and my computer doesn't recognize the device as "Lenovo A60+" in device Manager. I install manually the adb drivers and I have the next:

What can I do? I am sure that something miss.:confused::confused:

Please someone help me.:(:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vinga:
Hello,

Thank you for this guide. I'm trying to apply it to my N9776 with MTK6577 and I'm stuck in step 6: Smart Toll is not detecting the device.

Any ideas?

Many thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -=MAX=-:
I think you need to install MTK Preloader Driver first View attachment 1775656.

Good luck.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vinga:
Thank you!! It's working now!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vinga:
Hello,

After adding the drivers, win7 detected succesfully my divice. All was fine, but after step 8 my device will not start any more. :eek:

I have removed the battery, unplugged from PC... The PC also doesn't recognize it.

Any ideas??

Thank you!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -=MAX=-:
Hi, I think you've bricked your phone, BUT don't panic

1. Please, load correct firmware at: h t t p : // rusfolder.com/33855375

2. Prepare FlahTool with loaded firmware, press Download (F9) and follow steps below

hardware reset:

1. remove battery

2. take piece of wire and short yellow point with any of red points (see attached picture).View attachment 1778649

3. connect phone to PC

4. flash.....

Hope this can help.

Never needlessly Download Preloader and DSP_BL blocks! It is always dangerous! Always remove from them marks in SPFT! ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -=MAX=-:
Better send me private message if need further help as Rua1 won't be happy to trash his thread...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sarmacool:
Hi..

I'm having celkon a87 which is a mt6515m device. After installing ad drivers and connect to PC, I cannot find my device in this mtk Droid tool. Help me pls...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -=MAX=-:
Check cable quality. Reconnect phone after opening Droid Tool.

Check that ADB driver is correctly installed. Have to see attached when phone is connected to PC.... View attachment 1779022
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sarmacool:
Actually I have added my device hardware id in USB.ini file. Then it got connected as Android adb interface. But still device is not showing in tool. I tried checking adb devices in command prompt as well. But no result.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -=MAX=-:
I do believe that problem is ADB driver. Update your driver.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rua1:
what at you VID and PID?

Hmm... maybe the asteroid nearby blew up and an electromagnetic wave damaged phone? ;) If it is serious, made on a guide couldn't lead to such result. The mark was set only on the recovery block?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tsitadim:
I have this vid:confused::confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rua1:
@tsitadim

vid-pid is ok ... used these drivers?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tsitadim:
Yes but the mobilephone doesn't recognize from my computer.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38599110&postcount=26
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
If you make a full backup in Mtkdroid tools, (click on backup with 'userdata and cache' ticked)once thats done then click on 'to prepare blocks for flashtool' then navigate to the folder of the backup you just made, and select the MD5 file and then open, the software will then copy all the files necessary for SPflashtool including system.img userdata, cache etc and save them in a file 'files to flashtool' in the backup folder.

If some of the files are missing it may be that droid tools detected an error in the files, to quote rua1 "All source files are checked checksums in binary units checked the signature blocks yaffs all unpacked into sub-folders with the same name. If, during an inspection error is detected, the unit will not be copied to the destination folder."

more info here... http://forum.china-iphone.ru/viewtopic.php?p=496116#p496116 though it is in russian, if you use Google chrome it will translate it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Thanks for clearing it out, but meh... that's boring then because MTK Droid didn't copied the files three times out of three (I started from scratch)...

Is there any other way I can force it to create the wanted img files?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Maybe someone with more experience than me can answer that.

But I can tell you that it works perfectly for me every time with tools version 2.4.5 however I get errors if I use the latest version 2.4.8 not the same error you have but errors all the same, so maybe try a different build of mtkdroid tool. If still not working properly maybe have a look at the log.txt file in the tools folder, maybe that will hold a clue as to why its not copying the files.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Thank you again and I will try with v2.4.5 (instead of v2.4.7). :)

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vickygreat18:
thanks boro

OMG yes this is not mtk device

thank you bro hope this will work thank you soo much
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
MD5 check didn't pass for some files.

Can someone please tell me how to manually create them?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oscarblue48:
Ok, it seems to me that all Mtkdroid tools does is copy the .img files from your back up to another file '!Files to flashtool' and change the name ie system.ext4.img to system.img.... data.ext4.img to userdata.img and cache.ext4.img to cache.img , the tool doesn't draw on any information from your phone during this process as you can do it with the phone disconnected. I've checked the above files from my backup, and they are identical in size, just the name has been changed. You can also download an MD5 file checker which I have done and the MD5 checksums are identical. This seems to only apply to the .img files

So I think all you have to do is copy each missing .img file from your backup to 'files to flashtool' and change the filenames as above.

You can check by looking at some of the other .img files that droid tools copied successfully, download the MD5 checker and check between the two folders and you will see that all the .img files are just copies and some are renamed.

For example the file data.ext4.img from my backup creates an MD5 checksum of 082CBBAC381B73C139347D292ABEE961

and the file from 'files to flashtool', userdata.img creates a checksum of 082CBBAC381B73C139347D292ABEE961

both files are identical.

MD5 checker here.... md5.zip

All done at your own risk though :laugh: Be nice to have someone else's input on this....anyone??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cr4z33:
Lol thanks great finding! :D

I am going to try it out this afternoon.

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